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The British Pathe website has newsreel clips available for download of the 1934 and 1935 parades. In both, Disney characters are dominant (and there's sadly no sign of Felix).
1934 includes Mickey Mouse and Practical Pig.
1935, probably Disney's best showing of all time, includes Mickey, Practical, Big Bad Wolf, Horace Horsecollar, Pluto, and a long-billed Donald Duck. You'd think they'd know better than to base a balloon on that model of Donald. Its long neck and beak can't handle the wind, making for a ludicrous sight and some nyuks from the newsreel narrator.

The British Pathe website has newsreel clips available for download of the 1934 and 1935 parades. In both, Disney characters are dominant (and there's sadly no sign of Felix).
1934 includes Mickey Mouse and Practical Pig.
1935, probably Disney's best showing of all time, includes Mickey, Practical, Big Bad Wolf, Horace Horsecollar, Pluto, and a long-billed Donald Duck. You'd think they'd know better than to base a balloon on that model of Donald. Its long neck and beak can't handle the wind, making for a ludicrous sight and some nyuks from the newsreel narrator.

Hey maybe that was the reason Walt had Donald redesigned in 1936 -- not to make him cuter, but to make him more aerodynamic for the two-mile trip down Central Park West and Broadway.

It seems like they never show the really popular characters from classic cartoons anymore. Bugs and Daffy haven't been in the parade in years. The only balloons that they had that interested me were probably Garfield and the Muppets.

Stewie: (Looking at the family in the pilot episode) What's with Meg's voice? She sounds like someone who's about to give up on a huge opportunity.

It seems like they never show the really popular characters from classic cartoons anymore. Bugs and Daffy haven't been in the parade in years. The only balloons that they had that interested me were probably Garfield and the Muppets.

Garfield could be considered "classic" by now. How old does a cartoon have to be in order for it to be considered classic?

Garfield could be considered "classic" by now. How old does a cartoon have to be in order for it to be considered classic?

I wouldn't consider Garfield classic; it's an awful comic strip. "Calvin and Hobbes," on the other hand, is a classic, in my opinion. Classics are not only defined by age but also by how good something is. Just because "Scooby Doo" is old doesn't mean it's classic.